Regional autonomy
Decentralization of governance to outlying regions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Regional autonomy is the authority of a region to govern and administer the interests of the local people according to its own initiatives.Recent examples of disputes over autonomy include:
- The Basque region of Spain
- The Catalan region of Spain
- The Sicilia region of Italy
- The disputes over autonomy of provinces in Indonesia.
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There is also an example of Sri Lanka where the Sri Lankan Tamils asked for regional autonomy and the government declined it, leading to struggle by the Tamil community.
Current examples of autonomous regions include the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China and the Cherokee Nation in the United States.